From desks to wards: 1300 young people discovering care and themselves

- Istituto Tecnico e Liceo 'G. Feltrinelli' - Milan

- Technical Institute and High School 'E. Mattei' - San Donato Milanese (MI)

- Technical Institute and High School 'E. Torricelli' - Milan

- Liceo 'G. B. Vico' - Corsico (MI)

- Liceo 'P. Levi' - San Donato Milanese (MI)

- Liceo Classico Statale 'Giuseppe Parini' - Milan

- Liceo Scientifico 'A. Einstein' - Milan

- Liceo Scientifico 'E. Vittorini' - Milan

- Liceo Scientifico 'Italo Calvino' - Noverasco site and Rozzano site (MI)

- Liceo Scientifico 'Leonardo da Vinci' - Milan

- Liceo Statale 'Salvador Allende' - Milan

- Liceo Scientifico Statale 'R. Donatelli - B. Pascal

- Regina Mundi School - Milan

The first five hours of the course take place directly in the classroom and are dedicated to the medical communication of uncertainty and career guidance. The heart of the proposal will be "Sottopelle" (Under the Skin), a live role-playing game realised in collaboration with Chaos League S.r.l., designed to rethink, together with the students, a question that is only apparently simple: what does it mean to cure today? Through a realistic clinical case, full of difficult choices and emotional elements, the students will put themselves in the shoes of health professionals. The experience will guide them through the complexity of healthcare work: listening, teamwork, shared decision-making, caring for frailty, up to a reflection on stereotypes and the different roles that make up the care network. Each participant will also receive a copy of "Memorie di Alter", the new Humanitas University comic book by Diego Cajelli and Andrea Scopetta, part of the Comics&Science series by CNR Edizioni. A surprising story that combines creativity and research: it is the mannequin Alter, the protagonist of the Simulation Centre, who narrates simulation as a tool for growth and transition to adulthood.

After the classroom training, the course continues with 5 hours of scientific webinars to bring students closer to university lectures. The conclusion of the course includes a Campus tour at the Humanitas University headquarters in Pieve Emanuele. In the 3D Innovation Lab, the students will encounter an environment in which biology, technology and ingenuity mingle to give shape to 3D-printed tissues and anatomical models.
In the Simulation Centre, on the other hand, the students will experience high-fidelity clinical simulation, walking through rooms that reproduce hospital environments, experimenting with realistic procedures and scenarios. The aim is to understand how personal skills, teamwork and the opportunity to practise in a safe environment are crucial to becoming ready and aware professionals. "Skills, including those in the field of care, depend on three elements," concludes Stefania Brusa, scientific coordinator of the Simulation Centre and lecturer at Humanitas University, "knowledge, knowing how to do, knowing how to be. Knowledge can be nurtured by reading texts, publications and any source of updates. Know-how, on the other hand, can be trained in a simulation centre with the use of dummies or task trainers that allow learning in safety. The slogan is: never the first time on the patient; on the dummy we can afford to make mistakes and learn from our mistakes. What is much more difficult, on the other hand, is knowing how to be, which relates to an attitude in our personal sphere. This human factor carries more weight in determining a doctor's competence. The ability to work in a team, to make decisions, to be aware of the situation in which we find ourselves, leadership and communication are essential elements that promote patient safety and successful treatment. In a simulation centre, it is possible to train these non-technical skills before practising in the field. In this context, error becomes a key moment to understand what actions to take to improve. The error becomes something that one accepts and handles better, turning it into conscious learning'.